Current development plans

Details about current Dryad development are available in Trello. Trello is an interactive tool for managing "cards" associated with Dryads high-level deliverables. For more information on Dryad's use of Trello, see Using Trello. Or simply start looking through the Dryad Trello boards.

Additionally, there is a page of Proposed Student Projects. These are smaller features that may be completed by student interns.

March 2018

#1418 - Corrected display of items on journal pages when the names of data files are very long. (2018-03-28)

#1417 - Corrected issue with duplicate items being delivered through APIs when there are multiple pages of results. (2018-03-28)

#1416 - Added formerManuscriptNumber tag to submissions that have been submitted under multiple manuscript nubers, to ensure correct processing as items go into and out of the review space. (2018-03-28)

#1405 - Corrected problems with version numbers when a previously-unversioned file is deleted. (2018-03-28)

#1413 Added links to assist users who are trying to change their email address within Dryad (2018-03-21)

Internal updates to improve the efficiency of loading the homepage. (2017-6-7)

May 2017

Internal updates to improve the efficiency of loading the homepage.

The API for accessing content by journal was rewritten. It now supports retrieval of all data packages based on journal ISSN. Results can be paged for efficiency.

Added the 2016 annual report to the website.

Improved the Automated Publication Updater to: only send emails when it makes a significant change to an item, increase the threshold for matching, and automatically clean up messy whitespace in CrossRef entries.

Added a new email parser to allow for differences in how older journals use the Dryad Manuscript ID field. Cleaned up older manuscript entries that used this field.

February 2013

Released version 3.1 of the XML schema for Dryad metadata. (2013-2-26)

Fixed bug that was causing the DataONE logging system to not respond on the production server. (2013-2-19)

Updates to DataONE API. Updated the metadata objects to use the Dryad Application Profile, version 3.1. (2013-2-16)

Corrected bug that was displaying "Remove selected submissions" button even when no submissions were available. (2013-2-16)

Fix to versioning system. Item pages are not changed until the a newer version of the item is approved by curators. (2013-2-12)

Added display of Related Data Packages. Initially, this section will only be used for Molecular Ecology Resources. It will display when we have multiple data packages for a single Genomic Resources Notes article. (2013-2-12)

Blocked all NESCent machines from being counted in Dryad statistics. (2013-2-6)

Added a report that describes data packages and their associated journals. (2013-2-6)

Improved wording on publication blackout page. (2013-2-6)

January 2013

Improved wording on "publication blackout" page (2013-1-31)

When an item is versioned, the author must supply a reason for creating a new version. (2013-1-29)

Updated interface for DataONE. It now complies with all requirements for a DataONE Tier 1 node. (2013-1-29)

Corrected a bug that caused some links to display incorrectly in search results. (2013-1-29)

Corrected issue in curator's search interface. (2013-1-29)

Corrected bug with OAI-PMH that was allowing metadata to be viewed before items were fully archived. (2013-1-15)

Improved display of DOIs and PMIDs in article citations. (2013-1-8)

Disabled statement pooling to avoid PSQLException: This statement has been closed. (2013-1-8)

December 2012

Curators can delete versioned submissions when the new version was unnecessary. (2012-12-22)

Support for special handling of "Genomic Resources Notes" articles in Molecular Ecology Resources. (2012-12-22)

Fix for bug in NCBI LinkOut behavior. The bug was preventing pages from loading correctly when a LinkOut link was visited multiple times. (2012-12-18)

Temporarily disabled versioning for end-users, pending completion of a feature for curators to roll back versioned items. (2012-12-18)

Fix for bug that prevented embargoes from being lifted when items were released from publication blackout. (2012-12-18)

Users can easily delete unfinished submissions that are in their workspace. (2012-12-18)

Versioning system reverts identifier mappings when a user deletes an unfinished submission. (2012-12-18)

Updated rules for RSS feeds and "Recently Published Data" list on the homepage. These lists now contain exactly the same information. Items do not appear in these lists until at least one data file is publicly readable. Items with all data files under embargo are suppressed from the lists. (2012-11-05)

Corrected issue with the autocompletion of journal names on the initial submission page. The autocompletion now accurately reflects the set of journals with data appearing in Dryad, plus journals that are integrated with Dryad. (2012-11-05)

October 2012

Initial configuration for the journal Elementa. (2012-10-31)

Improved wording of the link users see to create a new version. (2012-10-31)

The browsing system is improved. It is now possible to skip to entries that begin with a certain letter or prefix string.

The search system now allows addition of more specific filters. After an initial search is performed, you can either choose a filter value from the left-hand menu, or type it into the Add Filter box. When adding a filter, term completion is available.